A carved 'yaozhou' bowl. Northern Song dynasty. Photo Sotheby's

with rounded sides curving inward to a wide mouth with an incised scalloped neckline, freely carved around the body with leafy floral sprays beneath a lustrous bubble-suffused dark olive-green glaze, the tapered foot ring unglazed for firing. Diameter 3 5/8 in., 9.3 cm. Estimate 12,000-18,000 USD

NOTE: A closely related example was sold in these rooms, 23rd March 2011, lot 522.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 20 Mar 2012 www..sothebys.com